
Article 1 
The Annex to Directive 94/80/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

In the Annex to Directive 94/80/EC, the list of ‘basic local government units’ is replaced by the following:
' “Basic local government unit” within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of this Directive means any of the following:
— in Austria:
Gemeinden, Bezirke in der Stadt Wien,
— in Belgium:
commune/gemeente/Gemeinde,
— in Bulgaria:
община/кметство/Общината е основната административно-териториална единица, в която се осъществява местното самоуправление,
— in Cyprus:
δήμος, κοινότητα,
— in the Czech Republic:
obec, městský obvod nebo městská část územně členěného statutárního města, městská část hlavního města Prahy,
— in Denmark:
kommune, region,
— in Estonia:
vald, linn,
— in Finland:
kunta, kommun, kommun på Åland,
— in France:
commune, arrondissement dans les villes déterminées par la législation interne, section de commune,
— in Germany:
kreisfreie Stadt bzw. Stadtkreis; Kreis; Gemeinde, Bezirk in der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg und im Land Berlin; Stadtgemeinde Bremen in der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Stadt-, Gemeinde-, oder Ortsbezirke bzw. Ortschaften,
— in Greece:
δήμος,
— in Hungary:
települési önkormányzat; község, nagyközség, város, megyei jogú város, főváros, főváros kerületei; területi önkormányzat; megye,
— in Ireland:
City Council, County Council, Borough Council, Town Council,
— in Italy:
comune, circoscrizione,
— in Latvia:
novads, republikas pilsēta,
— in Lithuania:
Savivaldybė,
— in Luxembourg:
commune,
— in Malta:
Kunsill Lokali,
— in the Netherlands:
gemeente, deelgemeente,
— in Poland:
gmina,
— in Portugal:
município, freguesia,
— in Romania:
comuna, orașul, municipiul, sectorul (numai în municipiul București) și județul,
— in Slovakia:
samospráva obce: obec, mesto, hlavné mesto Slovenskej republiky Bratislava, mesto Košice, mestská časť hlavného mesta Slovenskej republiky Bratislavy, mestská časť mesta Košice; samospráva vyššieho územného celku: samosprávny kraj,
— in Slovenia:
občina,
— in Spain:
municipio, entidad de ámbito territorial inferior al municipal,
— in Sweden:
kommuner, landsting,
— in the United Kingdom:
counties in England; counties, county boroughs and communities in Wales; regions and Islands in Scotland; districts in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; London boroughs; parishes in England; the City of London in relation to ward elections for common councilmen.'
